Emergency-tire.



. G. M. GULP.

EMERGENGY TIRE.

APPLICATION nun APR. 24, 1009.

Patented July 26, 1910.

CHARLES M. GULF, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

EMERGENCY-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 24. 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Serial No. 491,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARnns M. CUL-r, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to emergency tires for automobiles and othervehicles.

One object of the invention is to provide a tire embodying suchcharacteristics that it may be used continuously or temporarilysubstituted on an automobile or other vehicle using a clencher tirewithout special preparations being made to secure the tire to the rim.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of an emergencytire which may be readily and quickly applied to wheels generallyusingthe clencher tire so that in the event of leakage or other injuryto the clencher tire, it may be replaced by my temporary or emergencytire, and thereby save the clencher tire from further or unnecessarydamage as well as obviate the possibility of damaging the wheel properincident to contact with the ground over a deflated tire.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of an emergencytire composed of sections so that the same may be compactly stored awayunder the seat of an automobile or other place and be readily placedupon a wheel in substitution of the ordinary clencher tire in the eventthat the latter should become damaged or for any other purpose.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the ac-,

companymg drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims,it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion,size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one type of mytemporary tire. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the portion of the tireillustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary sectional view throughthe rim of a wheel illustrating my tire secured thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, Iillustrate a wheel having the usual hub 1 and radiating spokes 2 and arim 3 upon which latter may be secured the clencher flanges l in anywell known manner, and which flanges are adapted to receive between theman ordinary clencher tire (not shown).

In the event of leakage of a pneumatic tire, it sometimes requiresabandonment of the vehicle because of the deflation of the tire. Itfrequently occurs that drivers of the vehicle continue on the journeywith one tire deflated which results in more or less damage to the rimof the wheel. Sometimes, a separate tire is carried on the vehicle foruse in the event of accident to oneof the tires, but the substitute tireis more or less in the way and the inconvenience of carrying thesubstitute tire is more Or less manifest. I have therefore provided atemporary tire to be used in substitution of the ordinary clencher tirein the event that the latter should be become damaged, and my improvedtemporary tire is composed of four sections more or less, each sectioncomprising members 5 and 6, respectively, one end of the member 5projecting beyond the corresponding end of the other member 6 andcorrugated or otherwise roughened, as indicated at 7, while the otherend of the member 6 projects beyond the corresponding end of the member5 and it, too, is corrugated, or otherwise roughened, as indicated at 8.

By virtue of the projecting ends of the members with respect to eachother, I provide for an overlapping of the adjacent sec tions, asclearly indicated in Fig. 3, and between the members 5 and 6 of eachsection I preferably dispose a metallic or other filling member 9, whoseends are corrugated or roughened, as indicated clearly at 10 in Fig. 3for engagement with the corrugated or roughened faces 7 and S of themembers 5 and 6 of each section, and which insures a firm connectionbetween the sections, preventing them from slipping away from each otheror laterally with respect to each other.

The members 5 and 6 of the sections may be formed of rubber or of anyother suitable material, and in the event of a puncture or it be desiredfor other reasons to remove the ordinary clencher tire (not shown), itmay be removed in the usual manner and my improved sectional emergencytire substituted therefor without altering the means by which theordinary elencher tire is held upon the rim and without in any waysecuring my improved temporary tire to the rim by the employment offastenings leading from the rim into the temporary tire, or from thetemporary tire into the rim. I simply place the temporary tire upon therim, as is the case with the clencher tire, first securing the members 5and 6 of each section together with the plates 9 between them throughthe instrumentality of suitable bolts or other fastenings 11. Thesections are then placed upon the rim in the overlapping relationhereinbefore mentioned, and in their overlapping relation firmly securedtogether by means of the bolts 12, which latter are each provided with anut 13 so that the sections may be readily separated when desired,although the members 5 and 6 and their filling pieces 9 are preferablypermanently connected together by virtue of the ends of the bolts 11being upset, as clearly shown in the drawings.

It will be noted that the openings 14 in the projecting ends of eachsection are elongated so that the size of the emergency tire, when thesections are assembled, will be slightly increased or decreased, so asto enable the emergency tire to have a tight grip upon wheels of largeror smaller diameters. If there should be any space between the ends ofthe sections, by virtue of the over lapping ends, the tread would stillbe continuous so that there would be no jarring or bumping, as would bethe case if there were gaps between the sections.

From the foregoing, it will be readily seen that I provide a temporarytire composed of sections whereby it may be readily stored away in anautomobile or other place and whereby it may be readily shipped ortransported from one place to another. It will also be seen that thetire is exceedingly simple in construction and that it may be readilyremoved from a wheel and as readily placed thereon.

What is claimed is 1. An emergency tire for wheels comprising aplurality of sections, each section composed of a plurality of members,whose ends break joint with each other, the members of each sectionbeing rigidly secured together, a metallic filling member between themem bers of each section and having transverse corrugations near itsends, and means passing through the ends of each section for detachablysecuring the sections together.

2. An emergency tire for Wheels comprising over-lapping sect-ionsdetachably secured together, each section composed of a plurality ofarcuate members rlgidly secured together, one of the members projectingat one end beyond the corresponding end of the other member and theother member projecting beyond the corresponding other end of the firstmentioned member, the projecting ends of the members of each sectionbeing provided with elongated openings, and means passing through theelongated openings for cooperation therewith to adjustably secure thesections together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. CULP.

Witnesses:

GEORGE OLTSCH, G. M. COLE. f

